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FTS Cell Site Expert praised by Detective Superintendent

September 6th, 2010

On 13th August 2010 several key members of linked Organised Crime Groups in Sheffield and Birmingham were sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court to a total of 35 years for Conspiracy to Supply Class ‘A’ Drugs. This was the culmination of a Level ‘2′ drugs operation by our Serious & Organised Crime Unit.
Mr. Fisher (FTS Cell [...]

 

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Posted in | Cell Site Analysis |

BlackBerry – Intelligence ripe for the picking

July 30th, 2010

FTS recently added support for a number of BlackBerry™ smartphone models to their specialist ‘Chip Off’ service. This service involves physically removing the memory chips from the device, extracting the data in a specialist reader and then analyzing and presenting the results. Through this approach significant information has been successfully retrieved, including:
• Stored files (images, videos, [...]

 

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Posted in | Chip Level Forensics, Mobile Phone Forensics |

Deleted Data Forensics for Mobiles and iPhone Wins UK Accreditation

July 15th, 2010

FTS is the first UK lab to get ISO 17025 accreditation for the ‘HEX Dump’ deleted data recovery technique for mobile phones, the BlackBerry and the iPhone, which works even if the handset is pass-coded.
 
The UK-based digital forensics company, Forensic Telecommunications Services (FTS) Ltd. announces today that it has been successfully awarded accreditation to ISO [...]

 

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Posted in | Chip Level Forensics, Company News, Mobile Phone Forensics, iPhone Forensics |

Apple iPhone 3GS Forensic Data Recovery

June 10th, 2010

FTS is proud to announce the launch of the first fully forensic data recovery service for the Apple iPhone™ 3GS device.
Following on from the ground breaking development that led to the launch of iXAM® – zero footprint forensic acquisition for 2G and 3G Apple iPhones and first generation iPod Touch, FTS can now offer law [...]

 

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Posted in | Company News, iPhone Forensics |

GPRS data proves vital in convicting ‘predatory’ attacker

May 19th, 2010

Mohammed Farooq attacked his victims in a city centre alleyway and carried out four sex crimes in Worcester city centre in just over 48 hours during September 2009.
West Mercia Police welcomed the guilty verdicts at Worcester Crown Court recently, saying they feared he would have gone on to commit even worse attacks on women.
Farooq, aged [...]

 

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Posted in | Case Studies, Cell Site Analysis |

Operation Pinlock – The Murder of Michael Gilbert

May 17th, 2010

Six people were sentenced to imprisonment on April 26 2010 at Luton Crown Court in relating to the murder of Michael Gilbert whose headless body was found in the Blue Lagoon in May last year.
FTS were commissioned by the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit to carry out Cell Site Analysis in respect of nine [...]

 

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Posted in | Case Studies, Cell Site Analysis |

Tyneside robbers brought to book

April 7th, 2010

December 2008 into January 2009 saw three men, Alan Tams, Thomas Reay and Shaun Robson (aka Ovington) committing armed robberies at Bookmakers across the Gateshead and Newcastle Upon Tyne regions.  Armed with various offensive weapons the gang would violently enter and rob takings and steal the personal belongings of staff.
The gangs luck ran out on [...]

 

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Posted in | Case Studies, Chip Level Forensics, Mobile Phone Forensics |

Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones visits FTS

March 26th, 2010

Shaun Hipgrave, MD FTS, was pleased to demonstrate some of FTS’ latest products to Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones at the recent HOSDB exhibition held in Farnborough.  Baroness Neville-Jones was shown iXAM, the only truly non-jailbreaking tool in iPhone forensics.   He also summarised to her the FTS role in supplying a Digital Forensic Service into the Criminal [...]

 

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Posted in | Company News, Events & Exhibitions |

FTS appoints new MD to lead customer focused restructuring.

February 22nd, 2010

Forensic Telecommunications Services (FTS) Ltd. has appointed a new Managing Director to lead a significant restructuring programme to ensure the company is better placed to meet the future needs of customers in the UK criminal justice system and international law enforcement.
Shaun HIPGRAVE will take up the post of Managing Director with immediate effect. A former [...]

 

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Posted in | Company News |

FTS at HOSDB – Farnborough, March 2010

February 5th, 2010

On the 16-18 March, the Home Office Scientific Development Branch will hold their annual exhibition to showcase the latest police and government security equipment. This events has grown over recent years to become the most significant police and security equipment exhibition in the UK. The closed nature of HOSDB ensures that all visitors are from the [...]

 

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Posted in | Events & Exhibitions |
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